Operating System poll

[Uh-Nu-Buh]

Home: 3 XP desktops, 2 xp laptops, 1 RH FC5 media server.
Work: 1 XP desktop, 1 RH FC5 64bit desktop, 1 XP laptop, 120 Linux servers, 12 AIX servers, 15 Solaris servers, 10 2K servers, various sundry others.

XP for games. Linux for anything serious--music, video, biohazard analysis, cardiopulmanry diagnostics, etc.

Macs are for people over 50 according to the latests demographics polls Apple conducted then tried to squelch....

[B0rsuk]

Macs are for people over 50 according to the latests demographics polls Apple conducted then tried to squelch....

I heard about that research, too.
That's what I'm led to believe. Despite occasional claims that Macs are more numerous than Linux boxes(or at least as numerous), they certainly aren't popular in gaming communities. Each time I see an Operating System Poll somewhere, Macs come last. Which means either:
- Mac people aren't really interested in games
- There are much more linux users than most people think. It wouldn't suprise me considering how hard it is to measure actual popularity of Linux
- possibly both of the above

[Evil Dave]

Uh-Nu-Buh said:
Macs are for people over 50 according to the latests demographics polls Apple conducted then tried to squelch....

Excellent! I'd love to be associated with the group most likely to have the most free time and money.

[Uh-Nu-Buh]

Macs, Cigars, Cadillacs, smelling like cheese, forgetting your daughters' name, florida, skin cancer, macular degeneritus, bifocals, groceries used to cost 10 cents, grampa simpson, and WHAT? SAY THAT AGAIN? WHAT? AGAIN. SAY IT AGAIN. SPEAK UP. I HATE PEOPLE WHO WHISPER.

[tibbs]

I have windows on my main and linux on my old pos cpu.

[NTJedi]

I dual boot and even triple boot with different operating systems... most dual boots and triple boots are with the MS operating systems.

[PashaDawg]

Hey! I am have a Mac, and I am well under 50.

I got a Mac for the sake of trying something new, even though I like games a lot. I like my Mac a lot, but I don't have many of games for it because there are very few good games that come out for Macs. That's ok. I save money that way.

I wonder if Macs were a 50 yo & up thing because they were too expensive. Prices are lower now. How old is that research?

[Uh-Nu-Buh]

The Mac demographic research was just brought to light in the last week. I think it was done in the last 6 months. Check Slashdot for an article this last week. Most people are guessing it is because of prices and cash availability....